Approaches to achieve surface sensitivity in the in situ XAS of electrocatalysts

In situ and operando techniques providing information regarding adsorbate bonding and atomic arrangements on the electrode surface along with pure electrochemical measurements are needed to more fully understand the detailed mechanism of electrocatalytic reactions on high surface areas/nanoparticle electrocatalysts. X-ray adsorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful tool to interrogate the electronic structure and local coordination environment of such electrocatalysts under working conditions, but it should be acknowledged that standard XAS methods are not intrinsically surface sensitive. This review will present recent in situ XAS studies on single-atom, metal, and metal oxide electrocatalysts, highlighting the approaches taken to achieve surface sensitivity by careful designing of the sample under investigation.     

Synthesis,Characterization of Cr Doped TeO2 Nanostructures and its Application as EGFET pH Sensor

In the present work, Cr doped tellurium dioxide nanostructures (CTO NS)(1 wt %, 6 wt %, 8 wt % and 12 wt %) synthesized by co precipitation method and characterized by CV, UV-Visible, SEM, XRD, XPS spectroscopic analysis. Electron beam deposited thin film of CTO NS having 12 wt % of Cr exhibited EGFET-pH sensitivity of 62.03 mV/pH at 250 °C in buffer solutions of pH 6–12, linearity 0.9345, drift rate of 1.12 mV/h and deviation of 0.01145 as compared with 1 wt %, 6 wt % and 8 wt % of CTO NS.     

Nature of Alkali- and Coinage-Metal Bonds versus Hydrogen Bonds

We have quantum chemically studied the structure and nature of alkali- and coinage-metal bonds (M-bonds) versus that of hydrogen bonds between A−M and B⁻ in archetypal [A−M⋅⋅⋅B]⁻ model systems (A, B=F, Cl and M=H, Li, Na, Cu, Ag, Au), using relativistic density functional theory at ZORA-BP86-D3/TZ2P. We find that coinage-metal bonds are stronger than alkali-metal bonds which are stronger than the corresponding hydrogen bonds. Our main purpose is to understand how and why the structure, stability and nature of such bonds are affected if the monovalent central atom H of hydrogen bonds is replaced by an isoelectronic alkali- or coinage-metal atom. To this end, we have analyzed the bonds between A−M and B⁻ using the activation strain model, quantitative Kohn-Sham molecular orbital (MO) theory, energy decomposition analysis (EDA), and Voronoi deformation density (VDD) analysis of the charge distribution.     

Comparative analysis of CR-39 sensitivity for different sets of measurable track parameters

In the present paper the sensitivity V of plastic nuclear track detectors CR-39 to the space radiation, accelerated heavy ions in wide LET range and α-particles is studied. Different approaches for V evaluation are considered and compared. Main attention is given to the method that is appropriate for the measurement of short range heavy secondaries of space radiation. Finally, the experimental verification of the designed V function is carried out via simulation of the secondaries with low energy α-particles in the vicinity of the Bragg peak.     

Bound to continuum intersubband transition optical properties in the strain reducing layer-assisted InAs quantum dot structure

In this paper, the impact of wetting layer, strain reducing layer and dot height on the electronic, linear and nonlinear optical properties of bound to continuum states transitions are investigated in a system of InAs truncated conical shaped quantum dot covered with the In_xGa_1−x As strain reducing layer. The electronic structure, containing two main states of S and wetting layer states (WL), was calculated by solving one electronic band Hamiltonian with effective-mass approximation. The results reveal that the presence of the strain reducing layer in the structure extends the quantum dot emission to longer wavelength which is reported as a red-shift of the photoluminescence (PL) peak in the experimental measurement. This study also highlights the possibility of improving the intersubband optical properties based on the significant size-dependence of the three layer dot matrix by employing the strain reducing and wetting layers. According to this simulation, relatively tall dots on the thick wetting layer introduce the optimized structure size for practical applications to meet the SRL assisted enhanced dot structure.     

Electrospray ionization stability and concentration sensitivity in capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry using a flow-through microvial interface

Concentration sensitivity is a key performance indicator for analytical techniques including for capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE–MS) with electrospray ionization (ESI). In this study, a flow-through microvial interface was used to couple CE with MS and improve the ESI stability and detection sensitivity. By infusing a peptide mixture through the interface into an MS detector at a typical flow rate for CE-MS analysis, the spatial region near the interface was mapped for MS signal intensity. When the sprayer tip was within a 6 × 6.5 × 5 mm region in front of the MS inlet, the ESI was stable with no significant loss of signal intensity for ions with m/z 239. Finite element simulations showed that the average electric field strength at the emitter tip did not change significantly with minor changes in emitter tip location. Experiments were conducted with four different mass spectrometer platforms coupled to CE via the flow-through microvial interface. Key performance indicators, that is, limit of detection (LOD) and linearity of calibration curves were measured for nine amino acids and five peptides. Inter- and intraday reproducibility were also tested. The results were shown to be suitable for quantification when internal standards were used.     

Instrumental requirements for the detection of electron beam-induced object excitations at the single atom level in high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

This contribution touches on essential requirements for instrument stability and resolution that allows operating advanced electron microscopes at the edge to technological capabilities. They enable the detection of single atoms and their dynamic behavior on a length scale of picometers in real time. It is understood that the observed atom dynamic is intimately linked to the relaxation and thermalization of electron beam-induced sample excitation. Resulting contrast fluctuations are beam current dependent and largely contribute to a contrast mismatch between experiments and theory if not considered. If explored, they open the possibility to study functional behavior of nanocrystals and single molecules at the atomic level in real time.     

鲁棒PDF控制策略在永磁同步电机系统中的设计及仿真

对电机控制系统的经典反馈设计方案是建立在简化的受控对象模型基础之上,而实际模型参数的变化会引起控制系统性能的改变。本文针对实际应用的永磁同步电机,为了保证电机控制系统的强鲁棒性,通过对其系统灵敏度的理论推导,给出了一种新的控制器参数设计方法。该设计方法以系统灵敏度为评价指标来度量系统的鲁棒性,结合应用于二阶控制对象的伪微分反馈控制器结构,来削弱控制对象参数值的改变对控制系统性能的影响。并建立了精确的永磁同步电机仿真模型,将该方法应用于其速度控制。仿真结果表明在该控制方案下,在永磁同步电机的转动惯量和定子电阻值变化时具有较小超调量变化(小于4%)的响应特性。同时与普通PID控制对比分析,验证了用该方案设计的PMSM调速系统具有较高的抗参数变化的鲁棒性。     

基于光纤锥级联结构的湿度传感器

提出了一种基于普通单模光纤粗锥级联结构的马赫-曾德尔干涉湿度传感器.将两根单模光纤对芯熔融成一个粗锥,并依次级联,形成光纤锥-单模光纤-光纤锥-单模光纤-光纤锥结构.外界环境湿度、温度的改变使传感器的纤芯基模和包层模的光程差发生改变,引起传感器干涉光谱发生变化.通过监测干涉谱波长和能量的变化实现对外界物理量的测量.实验结果表明,当空气中湿度在35~95%RH范围内变化时,传感器的湿度灵敏度为-0.065dB/%RH,线性度为0.997;当温度在30~80℃范围内变化时传感器的温度灵敏度为69.4pm/℃,线性度为0.998.该传感器可以避免温湿度的交叉影响,实现单参量的同时在线区分测量.     

三维斑点追踪成像评价甲状腺功能亢进患者左心室收缩功能改变的应用价值

目的 探讨三维斑点追踪成像（3D-STI）技术在评价甲状腺功能亢进(甲亢)患者左心室整体收缩功能中的应用价 值。方法 选择50 例甲状腺功能亢进患者与45 例健康志愿者,获取心尖四腔心切面动态图像,存储左心室三维全容积动态图像后,运用3D-STI 软件进行脱机分析,得到两组收缩期左心室整体纵向峰值应变（GLS）、圆周峰值应变（GCS）、左心室扭转度角度峰值(LV-tw)、左心室扭力（LV-tor）、左心室心底水平旋转角度峰值（Prot-B）、左心室心尖水平旋转角度峰值（Prot-A）及左心室射血分数（LVEF）等,比较两组三维应变（3DS）指标之间的差异。结果 与正常对照组比较,甲亢组的左心室收缩功能增强,GLS、GCS 分别为（-20.47±3.08）% vs.（-18.52±4.77）%、（-28.98±3.00）% vs.（-25.88±2.12）%,两组差异均有统计学意义（均P＜0.05）;甲亢组LV-tw、LV-tor、LVProt-A、LVProt-B 均较正常对照组略有增加,但差异均无统计学意义（均P＞0.05）。结论 3D-STI 可无 创、敏感检测甲亢患者左心室三维应变,为临床客观评估甲亢左心室收缩功能提供一种新方法。